The first my lawyers and I heard of settlement talks having "failed" was in your paper. We were negotiating in good faith. No one on my side of the issue ever even received the basic courtesy of hearing the news directly from the Town or its lawyer.
Such an approach is guaranteed to sabotage any compromise. The Town has chosen to conduct discussions through your newspaper. Worse, the newspaper never contacted me for verification or comment.
Here is my side of the story:
All should know that during settlement discussions I put on the table the possibility of connecting the Town Wharf to the foot of Washington Street via my docks. I thought a river walk was a long hoped for goal of the Town. Perhaps not..
In addition this article is inaccurate and deserves a retraction. The trial will not begin in April. On April 26 there will only be a status conference in Superior Court. Any trial will be weeks if not months later. Next, the wall has been 'repaired" but not in a proper manner. No property owner would be satisfied if a neighbor "repaired" their driveway by extending beyond the property lines. Next the photo you used with the article is roughly seven years old and does not show the many improvements I have made to the property since that time.
How about some elementary fairness from government and press?
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